Bag fastener



.April 14,-1925.

1,533,189 w. c. HIERING BAG FASTENER Filed June 13, 1922 v Lli Patented Espn 1d, i925.

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WILLIAM C. HIERING, .O'' `NE`WARK, NEW' JERSEY, ASSTIG'NORTO TEE J. E. MERGOT'I C0., 0F NEWRK, NEVI JERSEY, A CBPO'RATON OF DELAWARE.

BAG rAsTnNER.

Application filed June 13.,

To all .107mm t 'may concern:

Be it lrnown that I, *Winnaar TC. lvl-Himno., a citizen of the United States, residing lat Nerva-rh, inthe county of -Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and neef-ul lmprovements in Bag Fasteners, Y of which :the following is a specification.

The principal purpose of this invention is in the provision vof a .novel formof snaip fastener, applicable to the metal `frames -of hand fbags, purses and like -im-pedimeirta commonly-carried by women, .and Vwhich are `further secured when in a closed position by a locking latch i-nterengaged in such manner .as to defy release `of the fastener prioiwto removal of the latch.

A further object .is to provide suoli fasteners with ready means for operation and which permit operative engagement irrespective ofthe position of the latch.

Another aim is to produce a fastener of pleasing appearance and which ,can :be manufactured at la moderate cost.

These objects are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter `described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in whichzv Figure l is a side elevational view showing an embodiment of the invention as applied to a conventional type of bag frame, the raised position of the latch being shown in broken lines.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a further enlarged transverse sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

yrl`he bag frame, as shown, consists of a pair of like channel units, 5 and (i hingedly engaged at the ends of their parallel side members by pins 7 riveted to form substantial joints and adapted to fold closely adjacent, the fabric of the container being secured as usual in the frame (ln the outer corners of one of the frame sides as 6 are secured eyes or rings S towhich are attached any of the usual handles, flexible or rigid as preferred.

Also on the same frame side, central of its longitudinal bar portion, is a rigid upstanding closed loop catch 9, generally oval in shape, enclosing an opening l0 and pre senting bosses 11 and l2 at its respective ends along a median line, the boss 1l being 1922. Serial No. `567294:'3.

so shaped as to present a stop or seat 13 on its outer edge.

Pivotedaxiallyof the boss `l2 are the `ends ofa flat-Ushaped locking latch la, its inner sides being in close proximity to the outer sides of fthe catch 9, `over which the lata-h may swing upon its pivot l5 vnntil the miteicur-ved .portion .or bend lr6 of the `latch contacts with the seat 13.

A rolled extension or knob l? is formed ou the outer side Yof vthe bend 1G to act as a hand-le in operating the latch.

@n the outer side of the latch, opposite the mating frame member, is a detent formed by pressing vthe material sharply outward `at an angle lnear its lower edge, the purpose of the detent being apparent further on.

Rigidly secured to the other frame side 5,

, at a pointdirectly opposite the lined catch 9, is a 'footing 20 from which projects a bar 21 bentat a right angle toward the loop and having .fixed permanently `upon it :a solid knob or sphere 22, so shaped, positioned and -dimensioned as to pass through the opening l0 upon the application `oi' force sufficient `to .spring the sphere outward as it passes over the lower element of the catch 9, thereafter hugging the same and drawing the frame sides into close Contact due to the cam eHect of the sphere in contact with the catch as urged by the resil ency of the bar 2l.

lVhile this device is in itself an ellicient and .positive snap fastening holding the frame sides in proper closed relation, it may happen that the knob should come in accidental forceful contact with an adjacent article and thus be released, allowing the container to inadvertently open, which condition is avoided in the following manner.

'llie sphere 22 is formed with an unf! cut recess at its rear, one ot' the walls of which extends inward ou the plane ot tbe angular portion of the bar 2l to about one half the diameter of the sphere, intersecting the other' wall 25, disposed at an angle proximately thirty degrees.

Thus when the sphere 22 is in an engag ing position, the latch lil is pressed down to rest upon the seat '13, at which time the detent 18 will have engaged the outer edge of the wall 25 of the sphere, forced its way into the cavity 23 and become spring locked therein, preventing raising the latch lll) except -by the application of, force applied to the knob 17, and obviously locking the sphere against retraction until the latch be raised, as the body of the latch is interposed in suchA manner as to prevent withdrawal of the sphere.

It may be pointed out however that the sphere can be passed through or into the opening' 10 in the iiXed cat-ch irrespective ot the position oil the latch, for if the latter should drop down into a locking position,

Vwhen the frame sides are apart, it will be raised by entering` the sphere, theV curved surface ot' which acts as a cam upon being forced into the opening.

As changes of construction could be made within the scope oi the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the foregoing description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not 1n a limiting sense.

HavingV thus described my invention, what I claim as new anddesireto secure by Letters Patent, is rl. A fastener for hinged frame members comprising a rigid enterable element on one of said members, a yielding entering element on the matingemember, said elements 'being adapted for interlocking'engagement and a forked latch pivoted at the end to straddle said enterable element and adapted to retain the entering` element therein. l

2; A fastener for hinged frame members comprising a projecting element on each frame member co-acting to hold the meinbers together, a solid sphere carried by 'one of said elements, an auxiliary1 latch member hinged at one end to swing over the sidesA of one of said catch members confining the other member,thereto, astop limitingthe movement oil said latch, a detent formed on the side of said latch engageable in a recess formed in one of said catch members, and a knob associated with said latch whereby it may be operated.

4L. A fastener for hinged Vframes comprising a thin upstanding plate element fixed on `one of the Jframe members, said element containing an opening, a yieldingly mounted spherical element on the other frame member, said spherical element containingA an angular recess in its rear surface, a forked latch pivoted to straddle said plate, and a detent carried by said latch engageable in the mentioned recess in said spherical element.

This speeiiication signed and witnessed Ythis ninth day of June, 1922.

WILLIAM C. HIERING. Witnesses Fnnni; C. FISCHER, AjB. UNDERHILL. 

